Durarara!! Light Novel Discussion thread

[Edge Meltdown]

unfair to whom? vino? if he was still in his youth i'd say i'm not too sure about shizuo's safety... he might go rail tracing on him... just thinking about it gives me goosebumps.

oh... i was hoping he became an immortal too *sigh* oh well... i'll go with firo instead.

[tsunade666]

even if his old.... wait what year does durarara even start with? maybe vino is dead already by this time?

But still I wish too see that fight. The famous rail tracer vs the bartender.

I want a show down of jacuzzi vs mikado

[Buddy Waters]

http://dengekibunko.dengeki.com/new/bunko1006.php#new13
Cover's out.

Spoiler for Volume 8 plot summary:

Masaomi returns to Ikebukuro, Anri gets worried about Mikado's strange behavior and talks to Celty, Yuuhei and Ruri come to Shizuo for help and he takes it to Celty as well.

[Kakkou]

Spoiler for DRRR!!x8 summary:

So in short, Celty plays counselor? I hope Masaomi's problem of running away from Mikado gets resolved in this one. Also, I love the cover. Yasuda Suzuhito needs to release and artbook one of these days.

[Wargumm1i]

Originally Posted by Buddy Waters

http://dengekibunko.dengeki.com/new/bunko1006.php#new13
Cover's out.

Spoiler for Volume 8 plot summary:

Masaomi returns to Ikebukuro, Anri gets worried about Mikado's strange behavior and talks to Celty, Yuuhei and Ruri come to Shizuo for help and he takes it to Celty as well.

Spoiler for Masaomi:

Where is Masaomi´s girlfriend?

[Buddy Waters]

Originally Posted by Wargumm1i

Spoiler for Masaomi:

Where is Masaomi´s girlfriend?

Spoiler for Volume 7 spoiler:

She was on the run with him in volume seven.

[Wargumm1i]

Originally Posted by Buddy Waters

Spoiler for Volume 7 spoiler:

She was on the run with him in volume seven.

Spoiler for Masaomi:

Yes but does she return with him or does he come by himself?

[Buddy Waters]

Originally Posted by Wargumm1i

Spoiler for Masaomi:

Yes but does she return with him or does he come by himself?

Since the book isn't out till June, can't really answer. The summary on the website doesn't mention her.

[Project_MkUltra]

Originally Posted by Buddy Waters

http://dengekibunko.dengeki.com/new/bunko1006.php#new13
Cover's out.

Spoiler for Volume 8 plot summary:

Masaomi returns to Ikebukuro, Anri gets worried about Mikado's strange behavior and talks to Celty, Yuuhei and Ruri come to Shizuo for help and he takes it to Celty as well.

An 8th volume?

The anime has to get a second season now.

[BigFire]

If they do another season, it'll likely to be novel 4-6, which forms a story arc. Novel 4 took place 6 months after the 2nd novel, and it's now a new school year, with 3 significant new students, Aoba, and Izaya's twin sisters. The Russian mob, Yakuza, traditional biker gang all got involved as well as more super natural beings like Celty. It does end in a sort of cliffhanger, but a good place to stop. Supposedly the pacing is a whole lot better than the first 3 novels, and weird things continues to happen.

[wandering-dreamer]

Originally Posted by BigFire

If they do another season, it'll likely to be novel 4-6, which forms a story arc. Novel 4 took place 6 months after the 2nd novel, and it's now a new school year,

Dumb question, do novels 2 and 3 happen at about the same time then?
And I can't wait to see a bigger version of the cover for volume 8, I think it's the coolest cover out of the bunch.

[BigFire]

Originally Posted by wandering-dreamer

Dumb question, do novels 2 and 3 happen at about the same time then?
And I can't wait to see a bigger version of the cover for volume 8, I think it's the coolest cover out of the bunch.

Spoiler:

Other than introducing things ahead of schedule, no, the anime is somewhat faithful in terms of adaptation. Novel 1 starts with Mikado coming to town and enrolling into Kida's school, it's his first year in highschool. Novel 2 takes place 6 months after Dollars' coming out party. Novel 3 took place in real time immediately after Novel 2, but with a lot of flashback scenes from Kida's missing years between leaving his old hometown and novel 1.

[tsunade666]

Originally Posted by Kakkou

Spoiler for DRRR!!x8 summary:

So in short, Celty plays counselor? I hope Masaomi's problem of running away from Mikado gets resolved in this one. Also, I love the cover. Yasuda Suzuhito needs to release and artbook one of these days.

Wait

Spoiler:

has the arguement of kida and ryuugamine haven't been solved by the end of vol 3? are they still enemies? and why has kida-kun run away? from Izaya?

[Buddy Waters]

Originally Posted by tsunade666

Wait

Spoiler:

has the arguement of kida and ryuugamine haven't been solved by the end of vol 3? are they still enemies? and why has kida-kun run away? from Izaya?

Spoiler for Novel 3 resolution:

They aren't enemies, but Kida feels like he's embarrassed himself, and hasn't been able to face his friends. But he has been coming to the chatroom and keeping up with them in secret.

[Project_MkUltra]

Maybe this was posted in the thread, maybe not. I don't want to spoil myself with all the replies in the thread.

Does Kida know that Mikado is the founder/leader of the dollars, or does Mikado know that Kida is the leader of the Yellow flags?

[BigFire]

Originally Posted by Project_MkUltra

Maybe this was posted in the thread, maybe not. I don't want to spoil myself with all the replies in the thread.

Does Kida know that Mikado is the founder/leader of the dollars, or does Mikado know that Kida is the leader of the Yellow flags?

Spoiler:

Kida knows Mikado is founder of Dollars. Izaya told him to put him in his place. I think Mikado eventually figure out Kida is leader of Yellow Scarves.

[Kunagisa]

So the whole Saika deal took around 4 episodes. Anyone else being optimistic that we might get more than just Kida's story by the end of the anime? I was hoping to see Hollywood in action =(, but Kida's arc just seems such a nice way to end the anime.

[tsunade666]

maybe they will add an anime original for the ending. From what I learned in this thread. Vol 4 is connected to the next volume while the 2nd and 3rd are directly connected or happen simultaneously.

Originally Posted by BigFire

Spoiler:

Kida knows Mikado is founder of Dollars. Izaya told him to put him in his place. I think Mikado eventually figure out Kida is leader of Yellow Scarves.

does this all happen on vol 3? or later part of the novel? becuase it will be totally awesome. I want to see the reaction of kida-kun when he finds it out.

[Buddy Waters]

Originally Posted by tsunade666

maybe they will add an anime original for the ending.

Absolutely no chance of that whatsoever.
What will be in the two bonus episodes is another question, but the 24 episodes of the TV broadcast is basically exactly what is needed to do the third novel justice at the current pacing.

[BigFire]

Originally Posted by stuopidget

So the whole Saika deal took around 5 episodes. Anyone else being optimistic that we might get more than just Kida's story by the end of the anime? I was hoping to see Hollywood in action =(, but Kida's arc just seems such a nice way to end the anime.

They have 7 episodes to do Yellow Scarves arc (novel 3). Bear in mind, just like Saika arc (novel 2), they already incorporate elements into the first 12 episodes. However, Yellow Scarves IS a longer story, as it has more grounds to cover.

Originally Posted by tsunade666

maybe they will add an anime original for the ending. From what I learned in this thread. Vol 4 is connected to the next volume while the 2nd and 3rd are directly connected or happen simultaneously.

No. Novel 1 took place right at the start of Mikado's first year in High School, he's in his 10th grade. Novel 2 took place 6 months later. Novel 3 took place immediately after novel 2, with a lot of flashback to events prior to novel 1.

Novel 4 took place at the start of Mikado's 2nd year in High School, and 5-6 flows immediately after that. So there is an appreciated gap of time between novel 3 and novel 4. It's flows logically that novel 4-6 can be adopted as the 2nd season.

Originally Posted by tsunade666

does this all happen on vol 3? or later part of the novel? becuase it will be totally awesome. I want to see the reaction of kida-kun when he finds it out.

Spoiler:

This is the scene I'm talking about.